Building wealth using real estate isn't easy but it can be made easier using interactive maps. And when combined with solid lead lists and other sources it can help make your business even more profitable.

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This article is meant to help real estate investors, wholesalers, land speculators and developers discover tools that may help them research opportunities. These maps and other tools can also help you manage and stay informed about any existing properties you may own.

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More resources will be added to this article over time.

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Rentometer

Price: Free (Trial)

Source: https://www.rentometer.com

This tool can be used to research rents in an area. This tool can be a great benefit to an investor looking for long term cashflow and equity appreciation.

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Better Zillow

Price: Free

Source: https://www.growthipedia.com/tools/better-zillow

This is a Chrome Extension that turns Zillow into a full-screen real estate searching tool built on Google Maps.

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AirDNA

Price: Free (trial)

Source: https://www.airdna.co

This tool collects short term rental data from AirBNB and HomeAway and allows you to analyze entire zip codes and cities. Easily one of my favorite tools.

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Mapping Sheets

Price: Free (Must have a Gmail or GSuite email address.)

Source: https://www.thexs.ca/xsmapping

This tool allows you to convert address in a Google Sheet to locations on a Google Map.

This can help you easily visualize various property lists when deciding which deals you want to pursue.

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Deal Machine

Price: Free (trial)

Source: https://dealmachine.app.link (This link will get you 15 Deal Credits)

This tool include a property ownership map, driving route tracking, property owner lookups and direct mail campaigns. DealMachine can help make your deal prospecting more efficient and can be even more powerful when combined with other methods.

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Mashvisor

Price: Free (Trial)

Source: https://www.mashvisor.com

This tool aggregates data from lots of services including Zillow and AirBNB to help you analyze properties.

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Fastest Growing Counties in the US from 2010 - 2018

Price: Free

Source: Growthipedia Resources using data from the most recent Census in 2018 from the census.gov website.

This information allows you to find areas of growth around the country.

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Rise of the Sun Belt (a research report by Legg Mason)

Price: Free

Source: https://www.leggmason.com/en-us/insights/investment-insights/clarion-rise-of-sun-belt.html

This report looks at recent trends in real estate values and finds that a lot of recent growth has been in the Sun Belt section of the US.

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Population Change Over Time

Price: Free

Source: https://angry-torvalds-c69fa3.netlify.com/

This map will allow you to see which counties are growing and which ones are shrinking.

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Justice Map

Price: Free

Source: http://www.justicemap.org/

This map allows you to visualize areas by demographic group and incomes. It can be very helpful if you're looking to cater to certain income levels and provide affordable housing.

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Fiverr Real Estate Store

Price: $5+

Source: https://www.fiverr.com/stores/real-estate

Whether you're looking for postcards for mailing campaigns, door hanger designs, site plans or real estate market research, the market place at Fiverr is an inexpensive place to get started.

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